November 22, 1878 (4 pages)

cena qi mney sate at RY MINE ITIP E aH RP Ne ae nee t Om aia Sone nae na to a € F Ally TRANSCRIPT, ADA, CITY, CALIBORNIA. “Féidey Srotember! 22, 1878, NEVAD: A cou NTY QUARTZ. acer A. Visit pie Idaho, Marchic, Hudd@ other Mines. -A tiie correspondent of the San ‘Francisco Stock Report gives the following account of a run in this county the latter part of last week : Everything connected with the overland railroad is familiar enough . to the reader; between “Colfax and Nevada City; however, there is a 22-mile run by narrow gauge rail that is new to the majority. . It,is such a self-evident success that tt isto b> regretted that there is not 100 miles, where there is One of that sort of line in opekition. “It can only be a question of time when such will be the case. ‘The belt of country devoted to . quartz mining in California is practi, cally the same as that originally dug. over for placer gold, and is probably 30 miles in. width by 200 in length, striking across the counties of Butte, Sierta, Nevada, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, Taolumne, etc., at about a uniform elevation of 3000 to 5000 feet. The scenery is naturally monotonous, but owing to the very gen™ eval ruin existing ibis also melancholy in the ex e. One can but seldom see summits of the. higher ~ Sierras or get a glimpse of the great . broad valleys below ; it is a sort of ~ dead Jevel-of hills: and underbrush, ‘ yashed surface ant tumble-down houses. When out in the very.center of rich towns, as Grass Valley and Nevada City, “whose support comes from the solid operations incident to vein mining, there is a feeling of security from being lost and left entirely out of the world, to wander on the ragged edge of suicide. Some day, no doubt, these red hills, once teeming with human life, will take on agricultural phases, so that with the quarta nitting enterprise rapidly increasing a better as well as‘ permanent condition ef things will prevail, To one who has ‘been accustomed jis also the richer of the two. Theore chiefly to those districts where silver abounds, as in the StateJof Nevada, and all those regions east of the Sierras, these white, “hungry” looking ledges of Nevada county, are at first glance, anything bat inviting. The bronze colored sulphurets in’ places ave some relief, but as a rule they “only sarve to brighten the generally barren effect. When assumed, however, that the Idaho, for instance, has paid over 100 regular dividends, the subject becomes deeply interesting. There is one other striking contrast. There are no connected operations as at Virginia, Eureka, Pioche, Bodie, ete.,. but eachcompany has apparently a ledge of itsown, widely . . separated from évery Other., It is interesting early of amorning to note ti¥e puffs of steam rising out of the _ timber. miles apart all about the country; it is altogether novel as compared with the bleak districts of Nevada, Arizona, Utah and their interior seetions. It isa common thing, too, for a company engaged in vein mining, to have a large grayel claim in the same connection, and what with quartz, placer ground, water powetvand great and universal abundance of fuel, and timber for lumber, to say nothing of climate, the future of the State as to gold_ production is sufficiently guaranteed. -It is very noticéable, the. large and increasing number of strangers seeking investments on’these Uyll foothills. “Hwery*train to Nevatla City carries qut its quota of new men,both from east and west,in searchef property generally placed on “the ‘list of abandoned. . Old residents whe-have clung to their possessions through good and evil report are at last find_ jing purchasers, or men with capital, experience and é@nterprise willing to help them. out of difficulty, One, of the mpst striking instances of this kind was the case of’ the “Musohie \property two miles east of Nevada Olty. Old man Murchie and his five big boys clung to a piece of ground, 440 acres in extent, and which is now in a fair way of developing into one of the leading properties of the State, It contains six well-defingd quartz ‘ledges, besides a rich gravel deposit fcom which a good many thousands have aheady been extracted. A year} .or so. ago the whole affair wag ineorLan eka of the Murchie! nae ‘of Oakland, and . 9°"? Gen. Geo. Crook, the justly celebra-. ted Indjan Commissioner, :a particular friend of Snider, looked upon the Murchie as a good, pradent invest~ . + ment, and the result has been ‘that 45,000 shares of the original 100,000 are owned east of the Rocky Mountains. -Gen. Crook, Col. Luddington, Major. Thornburg and others, visited the property on this occasion, and from what they saw: are satisfied with the outlook, The old 8-stamp’ milk has been reconstructed intosubstantial 18-stamp mill, run by steam, The company, . however,own. a fine water power, ditch and flume complete, and a new wheel 40 feet in diameter istiearhy > ‘ready for operation. A tramway connects the mine and mill.» . New buildings have been erected, a pump and air. compressor inserted, patent drills employed, and the indebtedness of the company re-duced to tess than $8,000 . It is expected that next month’s. crushing will more shan square up, and inside of two months it is quite likely that a dividend will be declated. Only one assess nent-{20 cents) under the new regime ‘has been levied. It will} thus be seen that no matter howgood a property may be, good management is quite as requsite. Mr. « Snider, the President, is more of .a merchant than a miner, but the same rules hold good in either business. — At-present development of the’ property is chiefly confined to the Independent and Big Blue ledges, which cross each other almost at right angles. Tho Independent and Lone Star are north and south veins, crossd by the Big Blue and Alice Bell, forminn a sort of quadrilateral.— Outside of these are the Red, White and Blue and.Indian Hill lodes.— Their general width is from two to five feet ; in =“ narrower. as well as much wider. A depth has been tained in thé Independent of 526 feet on line of incline shaft, in all probably 300 feet vertical. On. the 400 level a drift opens into the Big Blue ; ore is obtained from both veins, but heretofore chiefly from the Independent, or smaller one, which of the latter is largely sulphuret ; the general formation is granite, with indications of-incoming slate. Suffi«ient ore is already laid bare to-satisfy the stockholders that it is now merely a question of judicious manty remunerati¥e for many years to ~ About ten miles west from Nevada City, the Hudson Company, under the same management has a ‘fine prospect for a paying mine. There are two ledges, work at present be; ing confined to one by means of tunnel and incline shaft. E verything about the mine 4s newly started. Crushing was only cemmenced six weeks ago. The mill is a W ilson patent, the steam being applied directly to the stamp. This two-stamp affair is said to equal about eight of the ordinary kind; it is certainly an interesting concern. The self-feeding attachment is a separate invention— that of Mr. Church—and it seems to be an improvement on every other leon the score of strength and simplicity; being no more than a,screw or propeller boring out the quartz as regularly as possible and with very little power. The Hudson has already shipped ballion and will rapidly inerease in importance. The location” is a lovely one. <A visit to the Idaho works was well repaid. This is an old stand-by, bthe ledge holding out very uniformly to the depth of over 1,000 feet. The general formation is about as much slate as granite. The average yield, of the ore ,the past year was $16. This would frighten a ‘WVdShoe or Bodieite, but itis such low grade ore and goodly amohnt of it, that it is going to make quartz mining on the western slope of the Sierra’ a. leading. industry, for a century to come. __ A HANDSOWE PETRIFACTION.Yesterday Gharlie McElyysent to Cosmopolitan ‘Hotel in San “Francisco, a:handbome presenti inthe way of a petrifaction recently unearthed at specimen is a section of a pine tree, weighs over eighty pounds, -<> canyons FRETS. poem Ree athe, ithe sdb to jurchase a large block of the working capital.— . . “808 him throwgh on that lay-out.” agement to renderthe whole. proper-'lwould be allowed five minutes, to dif at the end of that time he had not Hussey’s claims, Chalk Bluff. The . tenn, eh Tane Piet ane about two feet in circumferenge, ‘and . freee Bee "WRESTLING WItH FATE. , Three. or four arctke since a re-. spectable, sinewy looking man in the obtaining one as truck-tender at the day several of” theemployes_got to ventured the remark that: he had a little experience in that line. Next tion that he was no other than Homer Lane, a professional wrestler who is well known among the sporting fraternity of the United States, . and bears the reputation of being one of the best collar and elbow experts traveling. It seems the had ‘become rival here, and that. explains the se‘ret of his present employment. “He says he will work for the V Flume Company few weeks more, get a -. “stake,” -and then start out on a ‘‘professional” tour. He intends to visit Grass Valley first; and show the Cornish wrestlers in that vicinity a ‘trick er two. A. STRONG ARGU MENT. —— A well known Nevada county. man! who makes a good thing by” jumping! claims occasionally, and is universally despised for his’ lack of principle in such matters,one day the first part of the week tried to ‘‘confiscaté” aledge that was recently developed . " and is now being worked by two“of his acquaintances. He went into the ‘tunnel early in the morning, before shiek they pe there told ett he proposed to Jegelly contest their right to hdl ‘it. At the ‘same time it is claimed he Kgasted of having no less than four witnesses who would One ofthe locators immediately walked back to lis cabin, procured a shot gun, and with indications of blood in his eye told.the intruder he come out and leave the premises; and cleared out, a fire would be started ‘at the mouth of the tunnel, if they were hung for it the next day. The jumper evidently concluded that discretion was the better part of vulor, and obeyed the hint. Yesterday he was in town trying to secure ‘‘redress;” but from the fact that later in the day he stood on a street corner cursing the existigg legal processies, it is safe to believe he got-no satrisfaction from his lawyer. A-WATER WHEEL BURSTED. About a week since the water wheel at the ¥V Flume saw mill burst, and partially wrecking the shed in which it is situated. L. M. Sukeforth, the sawyer, had a moment previously noticed that something was giving way in connection with the box, and started out of the building to procure some timbers’ to support it with. He had seartely got outside the door before the accident occurred. He had a narrow escape from being seriously injured, if hot killed. The wheel sustained 344 feet hydraulic pressure, making a pressure of 24,000 pounds. upon it, which is equivalent to about 70-horse power. The mill has been hecessarily standing idle ‘since the accident; but a new wheel has been built, and it will be ready to atart up again in a day or two. — 4 2 > ee CASE DISMISSED, . James Rodda was arrested and taken before Judge Garthe yesteralleged that he had attacked John ease came up for “hearing it was dismissed on motion‘of the prosecuting “ ‘This able tile and versatile lectuhe Tua His lecare prime of life, who: gave his name as. call the attention of all order abiding Henry Lane, applied-to the Superincitizens to the conduct of some of tendent of the V Flume Company for. the would-be young gentlemen of; a situation., He was suceessfal in Nevada City. They have beonva . eonstant'source of annoyance to. all. sembled on C street, and started to fix Johnny Skae ‘and John Mackay, with the determination to hang) them. The crowd was met by Senamill, and commenced his labors with . persons (who possess cultured~and a vim{that'showed physical exertion refined feelings) at all public. enterwas nothing new for him. ‘Before he . tainments, where they have giyen had been there long, his associates . vent to the mest-beisterous-and . un-ytor Jones, whio jumped upon a dry made the discovery that he was a regentlemanly conduct; but their . goods box,“and claimed their .attenmarkably well-built individual. His hoodlumism certainly reachéd the muscles were large, and his flesh like . culminating-point on'the evening of iron. Still nothing was suspected . one of Professor Simms’ recent lect-. him. He counseled them against unregarding the stranger's identity, any . ures. “Put him. but,” ‘Louder,” . dawful intent, axed stolé them that more than that he had probably been . *‘Fire him out” —what kind of lanaccustomed _to work=before. 4 One. guage is this’ (accompaned. by gigtalking about wrestling, and Lane }ased in an aesemblage of ladies. and he surprised them with the informa. edge several ladies were obliged to dead broke. about the time of. his.arlack of knowledge of whatetiquette the pieces flying a every direction), .¢ ee ag ee ae day.on.a charge of battery, it being}Resejgh with evil intent. — ‘When the. A LADY'S IRE AKOUSED.Nevapa, Nov. 2ist, 1878 gling and would be wittacisms) to’ be gentlemen ? This I assure you is no change their seats, owing to the dis-' comfort caused by their rude behav: ior. In pity to those who were thus annoyed, and also to those who caused the annoyance, J ‘can only, hope . : unpardonable conduct was caused by requires from gentlemen in the presence of ladies. Young gentlemen, I would give you some friendly adwice: Hereafter-on entering a place of ore lic enterteinment, seat yourselves as all other respectable people do, and. enjoy the exercises, as they do. “a least cease making yourselves so offi+ cious by your ill-timed remarks. _ > A NEIGHBORLY ROW. Early ayesterday morning two families: residing in ‘the eastern part ef the city became involved in a dispute that greatly disturbed the generally quiet neighborhood for awhile. Call the respective factigns Big A and Little A, forinstance. “The wife of the forint ‘began by Ssewape! the latter's better-half of } borrowing some shouse-keeping utensil, and forget= to return it. Mrs. Little A said jad done no ‘such ‘thing, calmly a first, but finally ventured to call ther»aecuser a nasty old liar. Then Little A himself.eame out and chipped in with a few saucy remarks which caused Big A to appear on the scene. ‘The rantankerous quartette indulged in’ uncomplimentary — remarks regarding each ‘other's families for fifteen or twenty minutes, and then gracefully retired without coming to blows. . The rumpus has given rise to ‘considerable gossip, but beyond that no harm ‘is likely to result, ce HOSPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. The Hospital improvements are progressing steadily and with good effect. One coat of paint has been . put upon the buildings, and if possible to do so before the rainy season sets in another will be added. The grading of the grounds is nearly. completed, and men are now engaged in blasting out the monstrous roeks that have for a longtime proved eye-sores tovisitors. The large double;vaults They are ‘so arranged that they* cari be flushed , of the contents at any time, and the filth, be conducted by deeply laid pipes to the bottom of the ravine on the east. This last improvement is a very desirable one in a sanitary point of view. a A LADY MINER. Grantsville (Nev.) has a lady mate’ er in the person ofMrs. Murphy, Alexander mine. Mrs. Murphy is pan experienced prospector, and” has recently struck a rich ledge just west of the new mill, The ore from the Ida Theresa, the name given to the mine, is a soft chloride. “The quartz has a “canny” appearance, and assays way up. The ledge runs north and south, and the croppingsstand out polly between . well detined . walls. It is her intention to sink a shaft'immediately. —Grantayi ille Sun, A RICH YIELD, The Union says Sethipandiaat gold was made Thursday, the result of a clean-up of 18 loads of rock from the claim of Ford, McDonald and Mullen, on New York Hill. The crushing was made at the Allison Frank$1800, or $100 per load. The claim ledge have been unif rich. It seer Se Nahr rnd on the ae VICTIMS DEMAND BLOOD. .The Reno Journal of . yesterday Evrror Trasscerer:—I wish to moming-éays that Virginia City was, fairly ablaze ‘Wednesday evening, aid those who had been made avae dl z bby the decline in stocks, sought re-. At 5.0’clock @ large mob .as-, venge. tion. They loved" the Senator 8d well that they “stopped to listen to iSkae would admit. to the mine any five men they ‘might name, so that he might prove that he had not lied about its condition. His remarks had good effect, but at last accotints exaggeration,as to my certain knowl. there was no knowing what the vpshot would be before morning. ~ The latest from Virginia was that ‘Skae ha@ agreed to allow alimited number to enter the mine and examPending their — the mob and trust, as L do believe, that this janiohed. ce ARCHIE NIVENS.tr, —DEALER Is Chotee Brands of Ferstan and As He BEST MANUFACTURED. Smoking 2 Chewing Tobacco “AUS A FULL a f Confectionery, Nuts, &e, sa General: Insurance Agent.vs . : Stocks pret and Solid, -On Commission. — Telegraph Office--Masonic Block, LATER: ‘TH reason I don’t like winter,” said one pickpocket to another, ‘‘is because inl tis has his hands in ij EL Yesterday's 's Arrivals at THE UNION HOTEL, NEVADA CITY, CAL.Jacob hatiiger, Proprietor. 2? McGriff San Fran . } ‘CROCKERY, f ptueT SB Dorn Scotts Flat tS T Murchie Hudse M W W Wear Dutch Fla J udgi Roberts Gras V W H Mead Wash nilton Alpha. W Woobury V Flume’ ‘PLATED & SILVER WARE, : B Sawtelle V chan as 4 —— ‘ do ss J GC Wood Susanville C nston Susanville as . . JT Carroll Washing L & Upsen gacto ‘LEATHER, of all kiikds, A P Clark Quak Hill J F Perry Omega — F Reef Em Gap J Brainard de J Fencher San Fran W dfield Sacto i ao /FSullivan Blue Tent M Niles Omega —"_——‘ F Batis Sacto fC 3 McElvy cit Ss Andrews & : _ _-Westerday’s Arrivals at _ THE NATIONAL HOTEL, NEVADA CITY, CAL, . Chas. aapedapacuini Proprictor. § Jordan You Bet B Jennings San Jose . JP Evans do §-Spencer Campton W H Totten Grass Val! A D Ford Willow Val J R Davis & wS Juan ‘8 P Warren San Fran W R Mould San Fran cs Benham ‘C McElvy City : em GLORIOUS NEWS! Glad Tidings to the People. ‘OF NEVADA COUNTY! K. CASPER, THE CLOTHIER, AS JUST RECEIVED FROM SAN FRANCISCO, "The Largest and Finest Stock Men’s and Boys’ ‘Clothing Ever seen before in the County. CONSISTING OF~ Fine — Suits, Business Suits,’ @Overcoats, Ulsters, FURNISHING GOODS, Etc. THE LATEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE EATS: To he found in Nevada County. ‘THE LARGEST STOCK OF 1 Boowt’ss & SEOnS —INCLUDING-< — Ladies’ Fine Kid Shoes. ‘Boys’ Clothing a specialty. vi wife of Foreman Murphy, of the’ A full line of! RUBBER GOODS, . re —ixckupINe— “RUBBER COATS, RUBBER BOOTS, RUBBER OVERSHOES, UMBRELLAS, &e. My Stock of ciency Furnishing Goods ia largé nd varied, embracingCOLLARS, ‘NECKTIES, HANDKERCHIEFS _ &e., a. . ene i in my line. A Fol Stock of BLANKETS, Sp. ol Rin, ately Coasts RNS lin mill, and the amount realized . 12.inches. The crushings from this . M Vining Em Gap J Whitt Flume’ on JN Dale San Juan —~b—_OF— , Pants, Vests, GEORGE E. TURNER, ' Wine Strect, Nevada, City, Cal, HAS, THE LARGEST, BEST AND CHEAPEST ASSORTMENT STOVES, TIN WARE, IRON AND D STEE a HYDRAULIC PIPE, OUICKSILVER, BELTING, &«. G . [.call particuar attention & my stotk dea Granite Ware, ‘peconet by me directly from the Fast, ‘do HC Hinman . do and embracing many new ‘and béautiful dedo A Silva R& R signs. I have the Largest Stock in Nevada — and _ also SELL CHEAPER. CIANT POWDER. GUNS AND PISTOLS, . ga WITH AMMUNITION TO SUIT. t& PAINTS, OILs, _ VARNISE, GLASSWARE, Call and examine my Goods and Prices beore, und you will be lam selling everything in bly } line }# cheaper than any other Store in ti mountains. eR GRO. B, TURNER scien: jifore purchasing « convinced that Chris. ‘Mafiziger, PROPRIEPOR-OF THE Umion Mar ot, ’ WEVADA CITY, HAS NOW ON HAND, OF his own manufacture, AER : NEW LAED. 4 Which he offers for sale in quantities te suit. ) —HB ALSO HAS-‘HAMS AND BACON, The Best to be had in the County. Of his own manufacture. He also on hand, at.all times, ee Beef, Pork, _ SAUSAGES, ac. — Give me a call it you want something 3. phage GRAND piven ch PARTY. 3. WHOBB, mR gre : bv gopher PAR! “nonTs wai a oN BRIEF 3 “The Board ot Ci night. The: ‘Monglaus ] hair.” : It is high time anticipation of Tl The Knights o Templars hold th to-night. The werk.of pi en roof on Maso rapidly. John Dunnicli: mento 0 stnpet, is ough repairing. Marshal E. Ba “the street. planki Pine and Comm The gravel w will nearly all ~ commence washi in Decemfber.Ten ‘and twe freiglit per day «ity for San Sua “the ridge. Phillip Bushy was kill led-Yeste an embankment ie sad acciden The jury in t who was acqul * Court,. Wednes: playing fan-tan thé first ballot. The Intrepid Marysville hav defeat at San 1 with the Renc -Rerios 20; Inte The clothes-] ~made a good cl A washing tha er night at .E dence, on Man Mr Hunt weekly dancin perance Hall, 1 of invitation w _ only those pre .admitted to tk The house f C. Powell wa from the N.G pal “church, at will be stored can sueceed 1 Mr. Nichols perintendenc mme. Wm. the appointm per day, and 1 tendent, is abi Samuel P;. 1 Wm. Milroy : San Francisco ermtendent C the Oriental n ing, Only thre were received (sauge yester been slacking two or three bly resume it: another day « Several inh became invoh at one of the and a large cr ered to see t] denly put in er, and no bl Some one ¢ . mining claim the N. G, R, quantity of 1 there recent] the piles ha pieces of qua pile of the Eu ley. WHAT © N Ep. TRAN: nances enact ‘ol Trusteés, obstruction men who 4d stocks of go forced? [The ques solve—worse

cena qi mney sate at RY MINE ITIP E aH RP Ne ae nee t Om aia Sone nae na to a € F Ally TRANSCRIPT, ADA, CITY, CALIBORNIA. “Féidey Srotember! 22, 1878, NEVAD: A cou NTY QUARTZ. acer A. Visit pie Idaho, Marchic, Hudd@ other Mines. -A tiie correspondent of the San ‘Francisco Stock Report gives the following account of a run in this county the latter part of last week : Everything connected with the overland railroad is familiar enough . to the reader; between “Colfax and Nevada City; however, there is a 22-mile run by narrow gauge rail that is new to the majority. . It,is such a self-evident success that tt isto b> regretted that there is not 100 miles, where there is One of that sort of line in opekition. “It can only be a question of time when such will be the case. ‘The belt of country devoted to . quartz mining in California is practi, cally the same as that originally dug. over for placer gold, and is probably 30 miles in. width by 200 in length, striking across the counties of Butte, Sierta, Nevada, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, Taolumne, etc., at about a uniform elevation of 3000 to 5000 feet. The scenery is naturally monotonous, but owing to the very gen™ eval ruin existing ibis also melancholy in the ex e. One can but seldom see summits of the. higher ~ Sierras or get a glimpse of the great . broad valleys below ; it is a sort of ~ dead Jevel-of hills: and underbrush, ‘ yashed surface ant tumble-down houses. When out in the very.center of rich towns, as Grass Valley and Nevada City, “whose support comes from the solid operations incident to vein mining, there is a feeling of security from being lost and left entirely out of the world, to wander on the ragged edge of suicide. Some day, no doubt, these red hills, once teeming with human life, will take on agricultural phases, so that with the quarta nitting enterprise rapidly increasing a better as well as‘ permanent condition ef things will prevail, To one who has ‘been accustomed jis also the richer of the two. Theore chiefly to those districts where silver abounds, as in the StateJof Nevada, and all those regions east of the Sierras, these white, “hungry” looking ledges of Nevada county, are at first glance, anything bat inviting. The bronze colored sulphurets in’ places ave some relief, but as a rule they “only sarve to brighten the generally barren effect. When assumed, however, that the Idaho, for instance, has paid over 100 regular dividends, the subject becomes deeply interesting. There is one other striking contrast. There are no connected operations as at Virginia, Eureka, Pioche, Bodie, ete.,. but eachcompany has apparently a ledge of itsown, widely . . separated from évery Other., It is interesting early of amorning to note ti¥e puffs of steam rising out of the _ timber. miles apart all about the country; it is altogether novel as compared with the bleak districts of Nevada, Arizona, Utah and their interior seetions. It isa common thing, too, for a company engaged in vein mining, to have a large grayel claim in the same connection, and what with quartz, placer ground, water powetvand great and universal abundance of fuel, and timber for lumber, to say nothing of climate, the future of the State as to gold_ production is sufficiently guaranteed. -It is very noticéable, the. large and increasing number of strangers seeking investments on’these Uyll foothills. “Hwery*train to Nevatla City carries qut its quota of new men,both from east and west,in searchef property generally placed on “the ‘list of abandoned. . Old residents whe-have clung to their possessions through good and evil report are at last find_ jing purchasers, or men with capital, experience and é@nterprise willing to help them. out of difficulty, One, of the mpst striking instances of this kind was the case of’ the “Musohie \property two miles east of Nevada Olty. Old man Murchie and his five big boys clung to a piece of ground, 440 acres in extent, and which is now in a fair way of developing into one of the leading properties of the State, It contains six well-defingd quartz ‘ledges, besides a rich gravel deposit fcom which a good many thousands have aheady been extracted. A year} .or so. ago the whole affair wag ineorLan eka of the Murchie! nae ‘of Oakland, and . 9°"? Gen. Geo. Crook, the justly celebra-. ted Indjan Commissioner, :a particular friend of Snider, looked upon the Murchie as a good, pradent invest~ . + ment, and the result has been ‘that 45,000 shares of the original 100,000 are owned east of the Rocky Mountains. -Gen. Crook, Col. Luddington, Major. Thornburg and others, visited the property on this occasion, and from what they saw: are satisfied with the outlook, The old 8-stamp’ milk has been reconstructed intosubstantial 18-stamp mill, run by steam, The company, . however,own. a fine water power, ditch and flume complete, and a new wheel 40 feet in diameter istiearhy > ‘ready for operation. A tramway connects the mine and mill.» . New buildings have been erected, a pump and air. compressor inserted, patent drills employed, and the indebtedness of the company re-duced to tess than $8,000 . It is expected that next month’s. crushing will more shan square up, and inside of two months it is quite likely that a dividend will be declated. Only one assess nent-{20 cents) under the new regime ‘has been levied. It will} thus be seen that no matter howgood a property may be, good management is quite as requsite. Mr. « Snider, the President, is more of .a merchant than a miner, but the same rules hold good in either business. — At-present development of the’ property is chiefly confined to the Independent and Big Blue ledges, which cross each other almost at right angles. Tho Independent and Lone Star are north and south veins, crossd by the Big Blue and Alice Bell, forminn a sort of quadrilateral.— Outside of these are the Red, White and Blue and.Indian Hill lodes.— Their general width is from two to five feet ; in =“ narrower. as well as much wider. A depth has been tained in thé Independent of 526 feet on line of incline shaft, in all probably 300 feet vertical. On. the 400 level a drift opens into the Big Blue ; ore is obtained from both veins, but heretofore chiefly from the Independent, or smaller one, which of the latter is largely sulphuret ; the general formation is granite, with indications of-incoming slate. Suffi«ient ore is already laid bare to-satisfy the stockholders that it is now merely a question of judicious manty remunerati¥e for many years to ~ About ten miles west from Nevada City, the Hudson Company, under the same management has a ‘fine prospect for a paying mine. There are two ledges, work at present be; ing confined to one by means of tunnel and incline shaft. E verything about the mine 4s newly started. Crushing was only cemmenced six weeks ago. The mill is a W ilson patent, the steam being applied directly to the stamp. This two-stamp affair is said to equal about eight of the ordinary kind; it is certainly an interesting concern. The self-feeding attachment is a separate invention— that of Mr. Church—and it seems to be an improvement on every other leon the score of strength and simplicity; being no more than a,screw or propeller boring out the quartz as regularly as possible and with very little power. The Hudson has already shipped ballion and will rapidly inerease in importance. The location” is a lovely one. <A visit to the Idaho works was well repaid. This is an old stand-by, bthe ledge holding out very uniformly to the depth of over 1,000 feet. The general formation is about as much slate as granite. The average yield, of the ore ,the past year was $16. This would frighten a ‘WVdShoe or Bodieite, but itis such low grade ore and goodly amohnt of it, that it is going to make quartz mining on the western slope of the Sierra’ a. leading. industry, for a century to come. __ A HANDSOWE PETRIFACTION.Yesterday Gharlie McElyysent to Cosmopolitan ‘Hotel in San “Francisco, a:handbome presenti inthe way of a petrifaction recently unearthed at specimen is a section of a pine tree, weighs over eighty pounds, -<> canyons FRETS. poem Ree athe, ithe sdb to jurchase a large block of the working capital.— . . “808 him throwgh on that lay-out.” agement to renderthe whole. proper-'lwould be allowed five minutes, to dif at the end of that time he had not Hussey’s claims, Chalk Bluff. The . tenn, eh Tane Piet ane about two feet in circumferenge, ‘and . freee Bee "WRESTLING WItH FATE. , Three. or four arctke since a re-. spectable, sinewy looking man in the obtaining one as truck-tender at the day several of” theemployes_got to ventured the remark that: he had a little experience in that line. Next tion that he was no other than Homer Lane, a professional wrestler who is well known among the sporting fraternity of the United States, . and bears the reputation of being one of the best collar and elbow experts traveling. It seems the had ‘become rival here, and that. explains the se‘ret of his present employment. “He says he will work for the V Flume Company few weeks more, get a -. “stake,” -and then start out on a ‘‘professional” tour. He intends to visit Grass Valley first; and show the Cornish wrestlers in that vicinity a ‘trick er two. A. STRONG ARGU MENT. —— A well known Nevada county. man! who makes a good thing by” jumping! claims occasionally, and is universally despised for his’ lack of principle in such matters,one day the first part of the week tried to ‘‘confiscaté” aledge that was recently developed . " and is now being worked by two“of his acquaintances. He went into the ‘tunnel early in the morning, before shiek they pe there told ett he proposed to Jegelly contest their right to hdl ‘it. At the ‘same time it is claimed he Kgasted of having no less than four witnesses who would One ofthe locators immediately walked back to lis cabin, procured a shot gun, and with indications of blood in his eye told.the intruder he come out and leave the premises; and cleared out, a fire would be started ‘at the mouth of the tunnel, if they were hung for it the next day. The jumper evidently concluded that discretion was the better part of vulor, and obeyed the hint. Yesterday he was in town trying to secure ‘‘redress;” but from the fact that later in the day he stood on a street corner cursing the existigg legal processies, it is safe to believe he got-no satrisfaction from his lawyer. A-WATER WHEEL BURSTED. About a week since the water wheel at the ¥V Flume saw mill burst, and partially wrecking the shed in which it is situated. L. M. Sukeforth, the sawyer, had a moment previously noticed that something was giving way in connection with the box, and started out of the building to procure some timbers’ to support it with. He had seartely got outside the door before the accident occurred. He had a narrow escape from being seriously injured, if hot killed. The wheel sustained 344 feet hydraulic pressure, making a pressure of 24,000 pounds. upon it, which is equivalent to about 70-horse power. The mill has been hecessarily standing idle ‘since the accident; but a new wheel has been built, and it will be ready to atart up again in a day or two. — 4 2 > ee CASE DISMISSED, . James Rodda was arrested and taken before Judge Garthe yesteralleged that he had attacked John ease came up for “hearing it was dismissed on motion‘of the prosecuting “ ‘This able tile and versatile lectuhe Tua His lecare prime of life, who: gave his name as. call the attention of all order abiding Henry Lane, applied-to the Superincitizens to the conduct of some of tendent of the V Flume Company for. the would-be young gentlemen of; a situation., He was suceessfal in Nevada City. They have beonva . eonstant'source of annoyance to. all. sembled on C street, and started to fix Johnny Skae ‘and John Mackay, with the determination to hang) them. The crowd was met by Senamill, and commenced his labors with . persons (who possess cultured~and a vim{that'showed physical exertion refined feelings) at all public. enterwas nothing new for him. ‘Before he . tainments, where they have giyen had been there long, his associates . vent to the mest-beisterous-and . un-ytor Jones, whio jumped upon a dry made the discovery that he was a regentlemanly conduct; but their . goods box,“and claimed their .attenmarkably well-built individual. His hoodlumism certainly reachéd the muscles were large, and his flesh like . culminating-point on'the evening of iron. Still nothing was suspected . one of Professor Simms’ recent lect-. him. He counseled them against unregarding the stranger's identity, any . ures. “Put him. but,” ‘Louder,” . dawful intent, axed stolé them that more than that he had probably been . *‘Fire him out” —what kind of lanaccustomed _to work=before. 4 One. guage is this’ (accompaned. by gigtalking about wrestling, and Lane }ased in an aesemblage of ladies. and he surprised them with the informa. edge several ladies were obliged to dead broke. about the time of. his.arlack of knowledge of whatetiquette the pieces flying a every direction), .¢ ee ag ee ae day.on.a charge of battery, it being}Resejgh with evil intent. — ‘When the. A LADY'S IRE AKOUSED.Nevapa, Nov. 2ist, 1878 gling and would be wittacisms) to’ be gentlemen ? This I assure you is no change their seats, owing to the dis-' comfort caused by their rude behav: ior. In pity to those who were thus annoyed, and also to those who caused the annoyance, J ‘can only, hope . : unpardonable conduct was caused by requires from gentlemen in the presence of ladies. Young gentlemen, I would give you some friendly adwice: Hereafter-on entering a place of ore lic enterteinment, seat yourselves as all other respectable people do, and. enjoy the exercises, as they do. “a least cease making yourselves so offi+ cious by your ill-timed remarks. _ > A NEIGHBORLY ROW. Early ayesterday morning two families: residing in ‘the eastern part ef the city became involved in a dispute that greatly disturbed the generally quiet neighborhood for awhile. Call the respective factigns Big A and Little A, forinstance. “The wife of the forint ‘began by Ssewape! the latter's better-half of } borrowing some shouse-keeping utensil, and forget= to return it. Mrs. Little A said jad done no ‘such ‘thing, calmly a first, but finally ventured to call ther»aecuser a nasty old liar. Then Little A himself.eame out and chipped in with a few saucy remarks which caused Big A to appear on the

scene. ‘The rantankerous quartette indulged in’ uncomplimentary — remarks regarding each ‘other's families for fifteen or twenty minutes, and then gracefully retired without coming to blows. . The rumpus has given rise to ‘considerable gossip, but beyond that no harm ‘is likely to result, ce HOSPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. The Hospital improvements are progressing steadily and with good effect. One coat of paint has been . put upon the buildings, and if possible to do so before the rainy season sets in another will be added. The grading of the grounds is nearly. completed, and men are now engaged in blasting out the monstrous roeks that have for a longtime proved eye-sores tovisitors. The large double;vaults They are ‘so arranged that they* cari be flushed , of the contents at any time, and the filth, be conducted by deeply laid pipes to the bottom of the ravine on the east. This last improvement is a very desirable one in a sanitary point of view. a A LADY MINER. Grantsville (Nev.) has a lady mate’ er in the person ofMrs. Murphy, Alexander mine. Mrs. Murphy is pan experienced prospector, and” has recently struck a rich ledge just west of the new mill, The ore from the Ida Theresa, the name given to the mine, is a soft chloride. “The quartz has a “canny” appearance, and assays way up. The ledge runs north and south, and the croppingsstand out polly between . well detined . walls. It is her intention to sink a shaft'immediately. —Grantayi ille Sun, A RICH YIELD, The Union says Sethipandiaat gold was made Thursday, the result of a clean-up of 18 loads of rock from the claim of Ford, McDonald and Mullen, on New York Hill. The crushing was made at the Allison Frank$1800, or $100 per load. The claim ledge have been unif rich. It seer Se Nahr rnd on the ae VICTIMS DEMAND BLOOD. .The Reno Journal of . yesterday Evrror Trasscerer:—I wish to moming-éays that Virginia City was, fairly ablaze ‘Wednesday evening, aid those who had been made avae dl z bby the decline in stocks, sought re-. At 5.0’clock @ large mob .as-, venge. tion. They loved" the Senator 8d well that they “stopped to listen to iSkae would admit. to the mine any five men they ‘might name, so that he might prove that he had not lied about its condition. His remarks had good effect, but at last accotints exaggeration,as to my certain knowl. there was no knowing what the vpshot would be before morning. ~ The latest from Virginia was that ‘Skae ha@ agreed to allow alimited number to enter the mine and examPending their — the mob and trust, as L do believe, that this janiohed. ce ARCHIE NIVENS.tr, —DEALER Is Chotee Brands of Ferstan and As He BEST MANUFACTURED. Smoking 2 Chewing Tobacco “AUS A FULL a f Confectionery, Nuts, &e, sa General: Insurance Agent.vs . : Stocks pret and Solid, -On Commission. — Telegraph Office--Masonic Block, LATER: ‘TH reason I don’t like winter,” said one pickpocket to another, ‘‘is because inl tis has his hands in ij EL Yesterday's 's Arrivals at THE UNION HOTEL, NEVADA CITY, CAL.Jacob hatiiger, Proprietor. 2? McGriff San Fran . } ‘CROCKERY, f ptueT SB Dorn Scotts Flat tS T Murchie Hudse M W W Wear Dutch Fla J udgi Roberts Gras V W H Mead Wash nilton Alpha. W Woobury V Flume’ ‘PLATED & SILVER WARE, : B Sawtelle V chan as 4 —— ‘ do ss J GC Wood Susanville C nston Susanville as . . JT Carroll Washing L & Upsen gacto ‘LEATHER, of all kiikds, A P Clark Quak Hill J F Perry Omega — F Reef Em Gap J Brainard de J Fencher San Fran W dfield Sacto i ao /FSullivan Blue Tent M Niles Omega —"_——‘ F Batis Sacto fC 3 McElvy cit Ss Andrews & : _ _-Westerday’s Arrivals at _ THE NATIONAL HOTEL, NEVADA CITY, CAL, . Chas. aapedapacuini Proprictor. § Jordan You Bet B Jennings San Jose . JP Evans do §-Spencer Campton W H Totten Grass Val! A D Ford Willow Val J R Davis & wS Juan ‘8 P Warren San Fran W R Mould San Fran cs Benham ‘C McElvy City : em GLORIOUS NEWS! Glad Tidings to the People. ‘OF NEVADA COUNTY! K. CASPER, THE CLOTHIER, AS JUST RECEIVED FROM SAN FRANCISCO, "The Largest and Finest Stock Men’s and Boys’ ‘Clothing Ever seen before in the County. CONSISTING OF~ Fine — Suits, Business Suits,’ @Overcoats, Ulsters, FURNISHING GOODS, Etc. THE LATEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE EATS: To he found in Nevada County. ‘THE LARGEST STOCK OF 1 Boowt’ss & SEOnS —INCLUDING-< — Ladies’ Fine Kid Shoes. ‘Boys’ Clothing a specialty. vi wife of Foreman Murphy, of the’ A full line of! RUBBER GOODS, . re —ixckupINe— “RUBBER COATS, RUBBER BOOTS, RUBBER OVERSHOES, UMBRELLAS, &e. My Stock of ciency Furnishing Goods ia largé nd varied, embracingCOLLARS, ‘NECKTIES, HANDKERCHIEFS _ &e., a. . ene i in my line. A Fol Stock of BLANKETS, Sp. ol Rin, ately Coasts RNS lin mill, and the amount realized . 12.inches. The crushings from this . M Vining Em Gap J Whitt Flume’ on JN Dale San Juan —~b—_OF— , Pants, Vests, GEORGE E. TURNER, ' Wine Strect, Nevada, City, Cal, HAS, THE LARGEST, BEST AND CHEAPEST ASSORTMENT STOVES, TIN WARE, IRON AND D STEE a HYDRAULIC PIPE, OUICKSILVER, BELTING, &«. G . [.call particuar attention & my stotk dea Granite Ware, ‘peconet by me directly from the Fast, ‘do HC Hinman . do and embracing many new ‘and béautiful dedo A Silva R& R signs. I have the Largest Stock in Nevada — and _ also SELL CHEAPER. CIANT POWDER. GUNS AND PISTOLS, . ga WITH AMMUNITION TO SUIT. t& PAINTS, OILs, _ VARNISE, GLASSWARE, Call and examine my Goods and Prices beore, und you will be lam selling everything in bly } line }# cheaper than any other Store in ti mountains. eR GRO. B, TURNER scien: jifore purchasing « convinced that Chris. ‘Mafiziger, PROPRIEPOR-OF THE Umion Mar ot, ’ WEVADA CITY, HAS NOW ON HAND, OF his own manufacture, AER : NEW LAED. 4 Which he offers for sale in quantities te suit. ) —HB ALSO HAS-‘HAMS AND BACON, The Best to be had in the County. Of his own manufacture. He also on hand, at.all times, ee Beef, Pork, _ SAUSAGES, ac. — Give me a call it you want something 3. phage GRAND piven ch PARTY. 3. WHOBB, mR gre : bv gopher PAR! “nonTs wai a oN BRIEF 3 “The Board ot Ci night. The: ‘Monglaus ] hair.” : It is high time anticipation of Tl The Knights o Templars hold th to-night. The werk.of pi en roof on Maso rapidly. John Dunnicli: mento 0 stnpet, is ough repairing. Marshal E. Ba “the street. planki Pine and Comm The gravel w will nearly all ~ commence washi in Decemfber.Ten ‘and twe freiglit per day «ity for San Sua “the ridge. Phillip Bushy was kill led-Yeste an embankment ie sad acciden The jury in t who was acqul * Court,. Wednes: playing fan-tan thé first ballot. The Intrepid Marysville hav defeat at San 1 with the Renc -Rerios 20; Inte The clothes-] ~made a good cl A washing tha er night at .E dence, on Man Mr Hunt weekly dancin perance Hall, 1 of invitation w _ only those pre .admitted to tk The house f C. Powell wa from the N.G pal “church, at will be stored can sueceed 1 Mr. Nichols perintendenc mme. Wm. the appointm per day, and 1 tendent, is abi Samuel P;. 1 Wm. Milroy : San Francisco ermtendent C the Oriental n ing, Only thre were received (sauge yester been slacking two or three bly resume it: another day « Several inh became invoh at one of the and a large cr ered to see t] denly put in er, and no bl Some one ¢ . mining claim the N. G, R, quantity of 1 there recent] the piles ha pieces of qua pile of the Eu ley. WHAT © N Ep. TRAN: nances enact ‘ol Trusteés, obstruction men who 4d stocks of go forced? [The ques solve—worse